Honduras is ruled by a US-backed drug cartel — and the country\'s opposition just united to oust it
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2019-10-24
\"The process of uniting the opposition has begun, to oust the DRUG TRAFFICKERS, who rule us with the dictatorship of…
thegrayzone.com/2019/10/24/honduras-us-backed-drug-trafficking-dictatorship-opposition-united/
Case Mismanagement in London: Julian Assange, Political Offences and Surveillance
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-24
While Australian journalists bonded and broke break in condemning national security legislation that some of them had previously supported, one figure was barely mentioned. Julian Assange was making his first public appearance since April for a case management hearing at …
globalresearch.ca/case-mismanagement-london-julian-assange-political-offences-surveillance/5692931
Julian Assange\'s court hearing in London: Britain stages a lawless show-trial
wsws.org | 2019-10-24
The appearance of Assange, ill and defenceless, before a magistrate who showed contempt for the law, makes clear that the persecution of the award-winning journalist has been a pseudo-legal travesty from the beginning.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/24/pers-o24.html
Assange\'s Extradition Is a Case About the Crimes of Empire
Nozomi Hayase | commondreams.org | 2019-10-24
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer, who has been deeply concerned about the treatment of Assange and his health, has been warning the public that Assange has been subjected to psychological torture.(Photo: David G Silvers. Canciller√≠a del Ecuador) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/14933990406_d5246b7349_c.jpg …
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Chile, September 11, 1973: The Ingredients of a Military Coup. The Imposition of a Neoliberal Agenda
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-24
In early 1970s, in a note to the CIA, Henry Kissinger recommended \"Make the economy scream.\" The same concept has been applied to Venezuela, with advanced techniques of financial warfare.
globalresearch.ca/chile-september-11-1973-the-ingredients-of-a-military-coup-the-imposition-of-a-neoliberal-agenda/5545251
The White House Targets Refugees, Green Card Applicants, and Poor Immigrants
Arnold R. Isaacs | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-24
On September 26th, President Donald Trump\'s White House announced that, in 2020, refugee admissions to the United States will be limited to 18,000, drastically lower than any yearly ceiling over the past 40 years. Along with that announcement, the White House released a separate executive orderintended to upend many years of precedent by giving state…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/24/the-white-house-targets-refugees-green-card-applicants-and-poor-immigrants/
Ilhan Omar Explains Why She Endorsed Bernie Sanders — and Why She Blames Mark Zuckerberg for Enabling Threats Against Her
Akela Lacy | theintercept.com | 2019-10-24
In an interview with The Intercept\'s Mehdi Hasan, Rep. Ilhan Omar said Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg helped place a target on her back.
theintercept.com/2019/10/24/ilhan-omar-bernie-sanders-endorsement-mark-zuckerberg/
I Rebel, Therefore We Exist
Manuel García, Jr. | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-24
When Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spoke of her origins and family today (19 October 2019), I remembered my own story because they are so similar. My mother, too, is a lovely Puertorriqueña; I too was born in the Boogie-Town island stolen from the American Indians (Manhattan); we too lived in Parkchester, in the Bronx, in a basement…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/24/i-rebel-therefore-we-exist/
Watch Ocasio-Cortez\'s Epic Takedown of Mark Zuckerberg (Video)
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-10-24
At Wednesday\'s congressional hearings about Libra, Facebook\'s cryptocurrency project, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took the opportunity to question founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg about more than a couple of things he likely wasn\'t expecting. Probably one of the most memorable questions came when AOC, as the congressmember is known, asked the Facebook CEO about the content of the discussions at his \"ongoing dinner parties with far-right figures.\" Another great moment came when she asked Zuckerberg if he\'d take down false political advertisements and he responded with, \"Lying is bad,\" but refused to say what he\'d…
truthdig.com/articles/watch-ocasio-cortezs-epic-takedown-of-mark-zuckerberg-video/
AOC Grills Facebook\'s Zuckerberg for \'Far-right Dinner Parties\'
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-24
Facebook Inc CEO Mark Zuckerberg was grilled by progressive U.S. lawmakers asking questions on election interference, free speech, hate groups and fake news. | RELATED: | teleSUR English Removed From Facebook for Second Time | \"In order for us to make decisions about Libra, I think we need to kind of dig into your past behavior and Facebook\'s past behavior with respect to our democracy,\" New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, before asking Zuckerberg when he had first…
telesurenglish.net/news/AOC-Grills-Facebooks-Zuckerberg-Over-Far-right-Dinner-Parties-Fact-Checking-Politicians-20191024-0002.html
Activist claims CITES exemption for finished musical instruments may set a bad precedent
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2019-10-24
The handmade guitar made by the author of this story around 34 years ago is partially made of East Indian rosewood and Brazilian rosewood. It would be confiscated by government officials if it was taken across an international border.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/23/18827550.php
Clinton, Stein, Gabbard, and the Deconstruction of RussiaGate
Robert C. Koehler | commondreams.org | 2019-10-24
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at Georgetown University September 27, 2019 in Washington, DC .Clinton delivered remarks before recognizing the winners of the 2019 Hillary Rodham Clinton Awards for Advancing Women in Peace and Security. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/clinton_gabbard_russiagate.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/10/24/clinton-stein-gabbard-and-deconstruction-russiagate?cd-origin=rss
\'Unique opportunity\' to resolve border dispute between Sudan, South Sudan
United Nations | un.org | 2019-10-24
Sudan and neighbouring South Sudan \"have never been closer\" to reaching a sustainable peace with each other, and their own internal armed opposition groups, the head of UN peacekeeping told the Security Council on Thursday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/10/1049951
Is It Time to Engage With the Destroyers of the Amazon Rainforest?
Kei Otsuki | commondreams.org | 2019-10-24
Aerial view of a large burned area in the city of Candeiras do Jamari in the Brazilian state of Rond√¥nia. (Photo: Victor Moriyama/Greenpeace) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/amazon_fires_1.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/10/24/it-time-engage-destroyers-amazon-rainforest?cd-origin=rss
Trump\'s Kurdish Betrayal Gives Peace a Bad Name
Robert L. Borosage | thenation.com | 2019-10-24
Trump\'s Kurdish Betrayal Gives Peace a Bad Name…
thenation.com/article/trump-peace-kurds-democrats/
Ecuador\'s Austerity Measures, Repression Based on Media Lies
Joe Emersberger | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-24
Bernie Sanders tweeted an Associated Press article in the LA Times ( 10/14/19) about Ecuador\'s recent protests, in which eight protesters were killed in 11 days. \"Economic elites keep pushing austerity worldwide, making life unbearable for working people,\" Sanders …
globalresearch.ca/ecuador-austerity-measures-repression-based-lies-ap-happily-spread/5692918
Lebanon Protest Movement: Demanding Total Change of State\'s Political Framework
Michael Jansen | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-24
Hundreds of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets and squares across Lebanon to call for the fall of the country\'s political class, which they accuse of looting the country. They also demand an end to the sectarian …
globalresearch.ca/lebanese-demanding-total-change-state-political-framework/5692970
U.S. \'democracy\' for $ale: Hong Kong protesters in NYC unmasked
Sara Flounders | workers.org | 2019-10-24
\'Rally in a box\' being unpacked, Oct. 13, New York City. I watched as a prefab \"rally in a box\" about Hong Kong opened up here on Oct. 13. I don\'t know if this rally was funded directly by the notorious U.S. National Endowment for Democracy, a congressionally funded agency . . . | Continue reading U.S. \'democracy\' for $ale: Hong Kong protesters in NYC unmasked at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/10/44151/
Pence blasts US corporations for bowing to China — says they should bow to Washington instead
rt.com | 2019-10-24
US corporations \"should stand up for American values,\" but instead they are \"wholly owned\" by the \"authoritarian regime\" in China, Vice President Mike Pence said in a speech, singling out Nike and the NBA for criticism. | China has been trying to export its domestic censorship by playing on corporate greed and pressuring corporate America to toe the party line, the VP argued, in a speech on US-China relations on Thursday. As examples, he brought up the basketball league penalizing a manager after comments made in support of protesters in Hong Kong, at which Chinese authorities were offended. | \"Some of the NBA…
rt.com/news/471765-pence-china-nba-nike/
With conviction of president\'s brother, protest in Honduras reaches boiling point
Emile Schepers | peoplesworld.org | 2019-10-24
Since the re-election of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández of the right-wing National Party in 2017, mass protests have been ongoing in the streets of Honduran cities. That election was considered fraudulent by many, but now a court decision in the United States has added to the anger against Hernández, a close ally of the …
peoplesworld.org/article/with-conviction-of-presidents-brother-protest-in-honduras-reaches-boiling-point/
Haiti Is in the Streets
Amy Wilentz | thenation.com | 2019-10-24
Haiti Is in the Streets…
thenation.com/article/haiti-protests-petrocaribe/
Syria: exposing western radical collaboration with imperialism
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-10-24
Western radicals must take a consistent anti-imperialist position despite the internal contradictions or problems that exist within a state in the Global South. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/10/24/syria-exposing-western-radical-collaboration-with-imperialism/
Tulsi a Russian Asset? Censored by Google and YouTube
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-24
Time and again, clear evidence proves democracy in America is pure fantasy — how it\'s been from inception, notably today under its money-controlled system, most politicians bought like toothpaste. | One-party rule with two extremist right wings serves privileged interests exclusively …
globalresearch.ca/tulsi-russian-asset-censored-google-youtube/5692968
Trump and Erdogan Are Alike: Both Are \'Thin-Skinned\' and Relied on \'Deplorables\' to Win
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-24
The apparent communications problems that have arisen between US President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are basically due to Trump\'s failure to understand that Erdogan is essentially his Turkish counterpart in more ways that the title of …
globalresearch.ca/trump-erdogan-alike-thin-skinned-relied-deplorables-win/5692974
Gen X Faces a Bleak, Impoverished Old Age
Ted Rall | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-24
In 1991 the demographers Neil Howe and William Strauss published their awkwardly-titled tome \"13th Gen,\" about Generation X–the Americans born between 1961 and 1981. If Xers had paid attention they would have committed suicide.
counterpunch.org/2019/10/24/gen-x-faces-a-bleak-impoverished-old-age/
We Have No Reason to Believe 5G Is Safe
Dr. Joel M. Moskowitz | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-24
The telecommunications industry and their experts have accused many scientists who have researched the effects of cell phone radiation of \"fear mongering\" over the advent of wireless technology\'s 5G. Since much of our research is publicly-funded, we believe it is …
globalresearch.ca/we-have-no-reason-believe-5g-safe/5692954
Vladimir Putin, Syria\'s Pacifier-in-Chief
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-24
The negotiations in Sochi were long — over six hours — tense and tough. Two leaders in a room with their interpreters and several senior Turkish ministers close by if advice was needed. The stakes were immense: a road map …
globalresearch.ca/vladimir-putin-syria-pacifier/5692940
El Salvador: War and Revolution
Hugo Turner | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-24
One of the more horrifying chapters in the history of American imperialism took place in the tiny nation of El Salvador in the 1980\'s. At least 75,000 civilians were killed in order to stop a revolution in an impoverished country. …
globalresearch.ca/el-salvador-war-revolution/5692937
U.S. Anti-war Movement Should Stay Focused on Getting U.S. Out of Syria
Sara Flounders | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-24
Oct. 20 — The author visited Syria in 2014 and 2015 in small International Action Center solidarity delegations. At that time, no road in the country was safe and one-third of the population was displaced — taking refuge inside Syria …
globalresearch.ca/u-s-anti-war-movement-should-stay-focused-getting-u-s-out-syria/5692948
The White Helmets: A Terrorist Organization Supported by the Trump Administration
Dr. Ludwig Watzal | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-24
The White Helmets are a terrorist affiliate of ISIS and al-Nusra front and not paramedics. A British secret service agent created these pseudo paramedics terrorists with the financial support of Western countries. Great Britain, France, Germany, and the U. S …
globalresearch.ca/white-helmets-terrorist-organization-support-trump-administration/5692934
Canada\'s Seizure, Sale and Disbursement of Iranian Assets Are Acts of a Hooligan and Wrecker of International Law
Steve Rutchinski | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-24
Documents recently filed in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice reveal that some $30 million realized from the seizure and sale of Iranian government assets in Canada have been transferred to American families who filed for compensation under the Justice …
globalresearch.ca/canada-seizure-sale-disbursement-iranian-assets-acts-hooligan-wrecker-international-law/5692985
De um Chile desperto a um Brasil hibernando
Instituto Humanitas Unisinos | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-24
\"Onde està£o as foràßas progressistas e os chamados movimentos sociais? Com isso, um governo sem rumo se mantém pela inércia e um presidente incapaz pode andar passeando pelo mundo sem que nada aconteàßa. Como sair da anomia? Desafio para partidos …
globalresearch.ca/de-um-chile-desperto-a-um-brasil-hibernando/5692993
History of Chinese Inventions. The Present and the Future. Recent Chinese State of the Art Innovations
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-24
China as a nation has the longest and by far the most vast record of inventions in the history of the world. It is now reliably estimated that more than 60% of all the knowledge existing in the world today …
globalresearch.ca/history-of-chinese-inventions-the-present-and-the-future-recent-chinese-state-of-the-art-innovations/5692922
The Uncertain Aftermath of the Bolivian Elections
Pablo Solón | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-24
Bolivians went to the polls on Sunday, October 20, 2019. According to the country\'s electoral system, in order to avoid a second round in presidential elections the leading candidate must secure 51 per cent of the vote, or more …
globalresearch.ca/the-uncertain-aftermath-of-the-bolivian-elections/5692963
Northern Reindeer that Roamed Taymyr Peninsula Are at the Brink of Extinction
Olga Gertcyk | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-24
More than 40,000 wild reindeer perished since the last count in 2017, said scientists who returned from a major expedition to the Taymyr Peninsula. | The Yenisei group of reindeer has disappeared entirely while the westernmost group living along the Tareya …
globalresearch.ca/northern-reindeer-taymyr-peninsula-brink-extinction/5692977
Donald Trump: An American Tragedy for the U.S. and the Entire World
Prof Rodrigue Tremblay | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-24
If the Donald Trump problem were only a domestic U.S. problem, hope would be that the US legal system would be able to manage it. However, the man not only professes to be above American laws, he also talks and acts as if there were no international law.
globalresearch.ca/donald-trump-american-tragedy/5692916
US Agitators in Asia \"United\" over Hong Kong Chaos
Joseph Thomas | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-24
Despite the chaos created across Hong Kong, the vast majority of the region\'s inhabitants do not support the growing violence nor do they benefit from it in any way. | As is typical in other regions of the world the US …
globalresearch.ca/us-agitators-asia-united-hong-kong-chaos/5692943
Apocalypse Now? \"War is Profitable\"
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-24
Every high school and college student, and all their parents and grandparents should watch Francis Ford Cappola\'s Apocalypse Now Redux. This is the 2001 re-cut and extended version of his 1979 classic of the same name. Set in Vietnam at …
globalresearch.ca/apocalypse-now-war-is-profitable/5692980
President Maduro Arrives for Non-Aligned Movement in Azerbaijan
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-24
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived Thursday in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, to participate in the Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), which kicks off today and Friday. | RELATED: | NAM To Study Sanctions Effects by World Powers: Arreaza | Upon arriving, President Maduro said that \"Venezuela is standing, vi…
telesurenglish.net/news/President-Maduro-Arrives-for-Non-Aligned-Movement-in-Azerbaijan–20191024-0007.html
How the Reckless Use of US Military Power Caused Today\'s Syrian Kurdish Crisis
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-24
President Trump has announced sanctions will be lifted on Turkey as a ceasefire remains in place in northern Syria, where Turkey invaded earlier this month after Trump withdrew U.S. troops. On Tuesday Turkey reached an agreement with Russia that would force Syrian Kurdish forces to retreat from a wide swath of the Syrian-Turkish border. The United Nations is reporting Turkey\'s offensive in northern Syria has displaced over 176,000 people, including nearly 80,000 children. The Turkish assault al…
truthout.org/video/how-the-reckless-use-of-us-military-power-caused-todays-syrian-kurdish-crisis/
New York forum / \'End sanctions on China & Zimbabwe!\'
Monica Moorehead | workers.org | 2019-10-24
A Workers World Party forum on \"Resisting Sanctions & U.S. Economic Warfare, from China to Zimbabwe\" was held in New York City on Oct. 17, featuring two speakers. Omowale Clay, Oct. 17. Omowale Clay, a longtime leader of the December 12th Movement, has been a main organizer in building solidarity . . . | Continue reading New York forum / \'End sanctions on China & Zimbabwe!\' at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/10/44121/
Lives at risk if wireless technology demands are not held in check: UN weather watchdog
United Nations | un.org | 2019-10-24
Amid growing competition for radio wave space due to new wireless technologies, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Thursday called on governments to protect radio frequencies allocated to potentially life-saving weather forecasting services.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/10/1049971
As President Trump Abuses His Power, Why Is Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer Trying to Criminalize Dissent?
Joel Bellman | commondreams.org | 2019-10-24
One juror summed it all up when he commented afterward: \"I don\'t know why they even prosecuted the case. It was a complete waste of taxpayer money.\" (Photo: Joe Gratz/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gavel_0_0.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/10/24/president-trump-abuses-his-power-why-los-angeles-city-attorney-mike-feuer-trying?cd-origin=rss
Chicago teachers strike for their students
Liberation Staff Chicago | liberationnews.org | 2019-10-24
The teachers and support staff who are bravely standing up show the way forward for all workers.
liberationnews.org/chicago-teachers-strike-for-students/
U.S. anti-war movement should stay focused on getting U.S. out of Syria
Sara Flounders | workers.org | 2019-10-24
Oct. 20 — The author visited Syria in 2014 and 2015 in small International Action Center solidarity delegations. At that time, no road in the country was safe and one-third of the population was displaced — taking refuge inside Syria or in surrounding countries. The schools, mosques, churches and community . . . | Continue reading U.S. anti-war movement should stay focused on getting U.S. out of Syria at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/10/44136/
BBC at risk of losing generation of viewers, Ofcom warns
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-10-24
The BBC is at risk of losing \"a generation of viewers\" if it cannot engage a younger audience — and it may not be sustainable in its current form, Ofcom has warned.Time spent with BBC services by younger audiences across TV, radio and the BBC\'s main online sites declined further in 2018/19, the watchdog\'s second annual report on the broadcaster found, jeopardising revenue if young people are not motivated to pay the licence fee.The report said: \"Like all PSBs (public service broadcasters), the BBC is vulnerable to the rapidly changing media landscape, particularly in its struggle to attract and retain younge…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/10/24/bbc-at-risk-of-losing-generation-of-viewers-ofcom-warns/
Labour plan to safeguard NHS scuppered as Lib Dems revert to Coalition mode
John Ranson | thecanary.co | 2019-10-24
The Liberal Democrats are facing a torrent of criticism after failing to support a vote to protect the NHS against US corporations. | Labour put forward the so-called \'regret motion\' as an amendment to the Queen\'s Speech. It stated parliament\'s regret that the speech: [D]oes not repeal the Health and Social Care Act 2012 to restore a publicly provided and administered National Health Service and protect it from future trade agreements that would al…
thecanary.co/discovery/analysis-discovery/2019/10/24/labour-plan-to-safeguard-nhs-scuppered-as-lib-dems-revert-to-coalition-mode/
Study Group \"A New Phase in the Syrian War\"
Party for Socialism and Liberation | indybay.org | 2019-10-24
A\'Roma Roasters Coffee, 95 5th St., Santa Rosa…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/23/18827549.php
Warren rallies with striking teachers, calls for structural education reforms
John Bachtell | peoplesworld.org | 2019-10-24
CHICAGO — \"Everyone in America should support this strike. Because when you fight, you don\'t just fight for yourselves. You fight for the children of this city and this country,\" declared Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Elizabeth Warren. \"I believe in you. I believe in the work that you do every day.\" Warren stopped at Oscar …
peoplesworld.org/article/warren-rallies-with-striking-teachers-calls-for-structural-education-reforms/
Media Ignore Unmasking of Twitter Exec as British Psyops Officer – Government penetration and control over media of little interest to those who are subject to it
Alan MacLeod | fair.org | 2019-10-24
by Alan MacLeod Middle East Eye ( 9/30/19) | A recent investigation from independent news outlet Middle East Eye ( 9/30/19) uncovered that a senior Twitter executive is, in fact, an officer in the British Army\'s 77th Brigade, a unit dedicated to psychological operations (psyops), propaganda and online warfare. Gordon MacMillan, who joined the social media company in 2…
fair.org/home/media-ignore-unmasking-of-twitter-exec-as-british-psyops-officer/